People, the way people think, the way people interact, cultures, societies, artifacts from said cultures/societies, anthropology and archaeology in general, techno music, rock music, pop/rock music, electronica music, any kind of music with a beat that doesn't involve the words "gangsta", "ho", "hood", or come with the kinds of meaningless lyrics that make me want to shake my head in general dissappointment with the human race, late-night conversations, philosophy, books about anything interesting, Digging for the Truth, Grey's Anatomy, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Serenity, Ghost Hunters, and basically any book/TV show/movie that has to deal with any aspect of Science Fiction (except for Star Wars and Star Trek...never got into those), tight hugs, I love you's, Scrabble with my grandmother, Christmastime in general, getting called on my cell phone, calling people on my cell phone, almost anything to do with my cell phone at all, ranting about how America's youth is going down the drain, ranting about a million other things, intelligent movies, funny movies that aren't completely stupid (Austin Powers, I ask you?), stars, snuggling up in bed, survival, music, music, and more music. And your mom. And possibly your aunt.
...people worth meeting? People worth meeting that are Sci-Fi nerds like I am? .;;
Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, 30 Seconds to Mars, Interpol, All-American Rejects, The Strokes, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cher (you're not allowed to laugh at that), The Bee Gees (you're not allowed to laugh at that either), People in Planes, OK Go, Nine Inch Nails, Blink 182, The Killers, Linkin Park, KT Tunstall, Keane, Kasabian, Jimmy Eat World, The Decemberists, Jack Johnson, Head Automatica, Franz Ferdinand, Fall Out Boy, Eisley, Depeche Mode, Death Cab for Cutie, Dave Matthews, Dave Matthews Band, The Bravery, Breaking Benjamin, Dashboard Confessional, Relient K, The Rasmus, Queen, The Postal Service, Phantom Planet, Mae, The Mars Volta, Lifehouse, Lemon Demon, Kill Hannah, Yoko Kanno, James Taylor, The Darkness, The Czars, Counting Crows, Savage Garden, Radiohead, Coldplay, Chumbawamba, Chevelle, Cake, Santana, The Beatles, Augustana, Orange Range, Something Corporate, Say Anything, Taking Back Sunday, Beck, Imogen Heap, Snow Patrol, Straylight Run, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Terminal, Third Eye Blind, U2, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Vertical Horizon, Yellowcard, The Shins, The Police, Stevie Wonder, The Used, John Mayer, John Mayer Trio, Muse, Oasis, Sarah McLachlan, Maroon 5, Arctic Monkeys, almost everything that came out of the 80's, 90's pop (you KNOW you can't live without your 90's pop), Wicked, and Spamalot. And...more. .
Illusions by Richard Bach, the Harry Potter series, Holes by Louis Sachar, Feed by M.T. Anderson, Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett, Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, Mort by Terry Pratchett, Thud! by Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, Sourcery by Terry Pratchett, basically anything written by Terry Pratchett, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Chindi by Jack McDevitt, The Abhorsen trilogy (not my favorite, but good), Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno, East of Eden by Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Color of Water by James McBride, Madam Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton, Walden by Thoreau, Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card, A Doll House by Ibsen, Hedda Gabler by Ibsen, The Poetry of Robert Frost by...well, by Robert Frost, Beowulf, The Giver by Lois Lowry, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, and a hell of a lot more I can't remember right now.